Editor: We can all rest peacefully today knowing that the “terrible’ graphics” that graced the Animal Cracker boxes for generations will disappear into oblivion. I would like to think they would disappear into the history books; but alas, it will …
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Editor: Imagine Southwest Florida without sea turtles, dolphins, manatee and tarpon. What health effects does pollution have on children, shorebirds, etc.? These are things we don’t yet know. What we do know is corporate polluters are ruining our country and …
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Editor: This is a public update regarding the organization Old Punta Gorda Inc. doing business as Punta Gorda Historical Society. Under our new leadership, we are now solvent. Since January 2017, we have faced many challenges and handled many negative …
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Editor: August 21, 2018, the day our democracy and Constitution did us proud. Separate but equal branches of government, as well as a free press, are helping us understand what actually occurred in a most unusual election. The guilty verdict …
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Editor: It is not OK to send untreated water down the Caloosahatchee River from Lake Okeechobee into the estuaries and out into the Gulf. Recently, Mote updated its website’s red tide FAQs to make it clearer that man-made nutrients feed …
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Editor: This reader was shocked and disgusted by the Bible verse chosen for the Aug. 22 edition of the Sun: “Touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm.” In light of the continuing Catholic Church scandal and cover-up, …
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Editor: First of all, I find your editorial cartoon in viewpoint on Aug. 8 most distasteful and biased. As to the editorial itself, there are some blatantly misleading statements in it. Number one. Under Florida law attacking an disabled person …
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Editor: We would like to thank the lady who paid our groceries at Aldi on Monday around noon. We were flabbergasted, as we were strangers to her. When I asked why she paid our bill, she said, you seem to …
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Editor: Gilchrist Park, Veterans Park, Sunseeker resort, Babcock Ranch and on and on and on. You have very interesting articles about various projects but nine times out of 10 you failed to tell us where the location is. I think …
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Editor: Recently, there was an article in the Sun concerning the terrible problems that the new Florida law, HB21, will cause innocent people experiencing excruciating pain. The new law drastically limits prescriptions for opioid-based painkillers like Vicodin, and is opposed …
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Editor: Not in my book. I have written for many, including this one. I am writing this piece, after 300 newspapers printed their editorials at the request of the Boston Globe. Yes, I wrote for that one, too. I have …
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Editor: In God We Trust: What in the Hell is happening to Americans that they want to mix religion, government and now education The amount of people believing in God is decreasing continually. There is no God unless it is …
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Editor: No form of speech is more important, more powerful or more sacred than our right to vote. No political party or legislator should therefore deny the citizens the freedom to vote for the candidate of their choice, regardless of …
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Editor: Approximately 25 years ago I had a very good friend who I spent a lot of time with. We fished, scalloped and boated together. Then, my friend died. There I stood in front of a funeral home with his …
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Editor: In 1959 and again in 2004, Hollywood released movies titled, “The Manchurian Candidate.” The plot involves an American politician who is brainwashed to subvert and take over the U.S. government. The brainwashed leader can then make changes to assist …
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Editor: Yellowstone grizzlies were protected under the Endangered Species Act from 1975 to 2017, but now a trophy hunt is scheduled to begin Sept. 1 that could result in the killing of 22 grizzly bears, including as many as 13 …
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Editor: It’s ironic that your editorial espousing a free press neglected to mention that it was not written as the result of some late night epiphany of one of your editorial writers. It was written at the urging of the …
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Editor: Why was the Sunseeker project not subject to Florida Chapter 28-24 Florida administrative code? The proposed development exceeds the threshold of 1,000 units and, thus qualifying it as a “development of regional impact.” The developer’s statement: “Because everyone will …
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Editor: We have refugees and immigrants entering our country with our public approval. There are both moral arguments and economic opinions for both sides of the issue. How can anybody be against these unfortunate people? There was, in 2005, a …
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Editor: I think you paper could do a lot to help the environment and the red tide fiasco by publishing a page on the best way to dispose of household waste. Print this page daily or weekly and the reader …
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